Posted 09-07-2012 in Blog
"Shoppers appreciate Amazon's and other online retailers' slick, personalised service to such an extent that physical stores simply have to shape up to survive", says Therese van Wyk in an article for ITweb.co.za. UCS Solutions' Chris Shortt agrees: "Retailers will find it increasingly difficult to keep their promises without an integrated view of the customer". As Amazon have done so successfully with their website, physical stores need to find ways to efficiently personalise and add value to the shopping experience, but also integrate channels to ensure everything just 'works' regardless of whether a customer switches between an online search and an instore visit, or sees printed marketing and then reaches out on social media. Van Wyk argues that the desire for a tactile in-store experience isn't going away, but the threat posed by Amazon is in the way it throws the frustrations people have with stores into sharp relief by making purchasing online such a seamless, effortless process with added benefits like personalised suggested items, customer reviews and real-time stock level information.
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